# AWSLicenseManagerServiceRolePolicy
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**Description**: AWS License Manager service default role policy

`AWSLicenseManagerServiceRolePolicy` is an [AWS managed policy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_managed-vs-inline.html#aws-managed-policies).

## Using this policy
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This policy is attached to a service-linked role that allows the service to perform actions on your behalf. You cannot attach this policy to your users, groups, or roles.

## Policy details
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+ **Type**: Service-linked role policy 
+ **Creation time**: November 26, 2018, 19:02 UTC 
+ **Edited time:** November 19, 2025, 18:34 UTC
+ **ARN**: `arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/aws-service-role/AWSLicenseManagerServiceRolePolicy`

## Policy version
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**Policy version:** v8 (default)

The policy's default version is the version that defines the permissions for the policy. When a user or role with the policy makes a request to access an AWS resource, AWS checks the default version of the policy to determine whether to allow the request. 

## JSON policy document
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```
{
  "Version" : "2012-10-17",
  "Statement" : [
    {
      "Sid" : "IAMPermissions",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/aws-service-role/license-management.marketplace.amazonaws.com/AWSServiceRoleForMarketplaceLicenseManagement"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "iam:AWSServiceName" : "license-management.marketplace.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "IAMPermissionsForCreatingMemberSLR",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:*:iam::*:role/aws-service-role/license-manager.member-account.amazonaws.com/AWSServiceRoleForAWSLicenseManagerMemberAccountRole"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "iam:AWSServiceName" : "license-manager.member-account.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "S3BucketPermissions1",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "s3:GetBucketLocation",
        "s3:ListBucket"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:s3:::aws-license-manager-service-*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "S3BucketPermissions2",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "s3:ListAllMyBuckets"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "S3ObjectPermissions",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "s3:PutObject"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:s3:::aws-license-manager-service-*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "SNSAccountPermissions",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "sns:Publish"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:sns:*:*:aws-license-manager-service-*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "SNSTopicPermissions",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "sns:ListTopics"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "EC2Permissions",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:DescribeInstances",
        "ec2:DescribeImages",
        "ec2:DescribeHosts"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "SSMPermissions",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ssm:ListInventoryEntries",
        "ssm:GetInventory",
        "ssm:CreateAssociation",
        "ssm:GetCommandInvocation"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "SSMSendCommandPermission",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ssm:SendCommand"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*",
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:managed-instance/*",
        "arn:aws:ssm:*::document/AWSLicenseManager-*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "OrganizationPermissions",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "organizations:ListAWSServiceAccessForOrganization",
        "organizations:DescribeOrganization",
        "organizations:ListDelegatedAdministrators"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "LicenseManagerPermissions",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "license-manager:GetServiceSettings",
        "license-manager:GetLicense*",
        "license-manager:UpdateLicenseSpecificationsForResource",
        "license-manager:List*"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "*"
      ]
    }
  ]
}
```

## Learn more
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+ [Understand versioning for IAM policies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_managed-versioning.html)
+ [Get started with AWS managed policies and move toward least-privilege permissions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//IAM/latest/UserGuide/best-practices.html#bp-use-aws-defined-policies)